#686: MURIEL, Emilio Gómez & ZINNEMANN, Fred: Redes (1936)

MARTIN SCORSESE'S WORLD CINEMA PROJECT {Spine #684}

MURIEL, Emilio Gómez & ZINNEMANN, Fred (Mexico)
Redes [1936]

Spine #686
Blu-ray

Early in his career, the Austrian-born future Oscar winner Fred Zinnemann codirected with Emilio Gómez Muriel the politically and emotionally searing Redes. In this vivid, documentary-like dramatization of the daily grind of men struggling to make a living by fishing on the Gulf of Mexico (mostly played by real-life fishermen), one worker's terrible loss instigates a political awakening among him and his fellow laborers. A singular coming together of talents, Redes, commissioned by a progressive Mexican government, was cowritten and gorgeously shot by the legendary photographer Paul Strand.

59 minutes
Black & White

Monaural

in Spanish

1:33:1 aspect ratio

Criterion Release 2013

Director/Writers

Written by Agustín Velásquez Chávez and Paul Strand.

Screenplay by Henwar Rodakiewicz.

Emilio Gómez Muriel was 26 and Fred Zinnemann was 29 when they directed Redes.

The Film

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Sixty-eight page booklet featuring an essay by Charles Ramírez Berg.

Commentary

None.

Introduction

To the film by Martin Scorsese.

Visual essay

By filmmaker and writer Kent Jones.

Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

99

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